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June 26, 2012
Evacuation of Ulpana neighborhood begins
Residents and supporters of the Ulpana neighborhood in the West Bank held a morning prayer service as moving vans arrived to evacuate them from the disputed properties.
Nascent Israeli lacrosse team sticking out, surprisingly, in European tourney
Israel’s national lacrosse team is clinging to a one-goal lead with 20 seconds remaining when the referee blows his whistle — the Wales coach wants a stick check on an Israeli player.
Rockets fired from Gaza hit Israel despite truce
Four rockets were fired from Gaza at a Jewish community in the Negev.
Arrests made in Israeli Holocaust memorial vandalism
Israeli police said on Tuesday they had arrested three ultra-Orthodox Jews on suspicion of having spray-painted anti-Zionist slogans at the national Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial two weeks ago.
Germany’s Jewish patriots find a home in the military
In an office amid a labyrinth of hallways in Germany\’s Ministry of Defense, a short jaunt from where Claus von Stauffenberg was executed in 1944 for trying to kill Adolf Hitler, sits Bernhard Fischer, lieutenant colonel and Jew.
Russia says downing of Turkish plane not provocation
Russia said on Tuesday Syria\’s shooting down of a Turkish warplane should not be seen as a provocation and warned world powers against using the incident to push for stronger action against Damascus.
Gilad Shalit visits New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Gilad Shalit met New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at City Hall for a brief ceremony on the sixth anniversary of the day Shalit was captured by Hamas.